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New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race — The first openly gay major presidential candidate, Mr. Buttigieg rose to the primary's top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters, and lost badly in South Carolina Saturday. — SELMA, Ala. — Pete Buttigieg …
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Chelsea JanesAmy B Wang / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential bid — Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who saw a meteoric rise from virtual unknown to top-tier contender and became the first gay candidate to make a high-profile presidential run, is ending his campaign.
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
AP sources: Buttigieg ending his presidential campaign
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Pete Buttigieg ends 2020 White House bid
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg drops out of presidential race
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Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
Near-record turnout in South Carolina sets stage for Super Tuesday battles
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New York Times:
Coronavirus May Have Spread in U.S. for Weeks, Gene Sequencing Suggests — Two cases detected weeks apart in Washington State had genetic links, suggesting that many more people in the area may be infected. — Researchers who have examined the genomes of two coronavirus infections …
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Why a Coronavirus Recession Would Be So Hard to Contain — A supply shock is not a problem our usual economic tools are particularly good at solving. But it's the one we face. — It looks more and more likely that the novel form of coronavirus will do meaningful economic damage to the United States.
New York Times:
Avoiding Coronavirus May Be a Luxury Some Workers Can't Afford — A sick day? Remote work? Not so easy if your job is at a restaurant, a day care center or a construction site. — Stay home from work if you get sick. See a doctor. Use a separate bathroom from the people you live with.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism — In his debut, our new media columnist says The Times has become like Facebook or Google — a digital behemoth crowding out the competition. — The first time I met A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, I tried to hire him.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News polls: Sanders has the edge in Texas, is tied with Biden in North Carolina — The two states award a combined 338 delegates on Super Tuesday. — WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders holds a double-digit lead over his closest Democratic rival in Texas, while he's essentially tied …
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Politico:
Biden's surprise ray of hope in California
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has the advantage on Super Tuesday as rivals jockey to hold down his delegate count
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Federal judge rules Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully ran immigration agency — Policies that were put in place under Cuccinelli are now void.
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Ruled Trump's USCIS Director Wasn't Legally Appointed — A federal judge in Washington DC ruled Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, had not been lawfully appointed to his job and a policy directive speeding up initial screenings …
CNN:
Obama tells Biden he won't endorse anybody yet — (CNN)In former President Barack Obama's conversation with Joe Biden after the South Carolina primary — the first congratulatory call the former president has been able to make to his former vice president during the 2020 campaign …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Coronavirus was probably spreading for six weeks in Washington state, study says; first deaths confirmed in U.S., Australia and Thailand — The novel coronavirus has probably been spreading undetected for about six weeks in Washington state, where the first U.S. death was reported this weekend.
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Tampa Bay Times:
As it built an armored truck empire, GardaWorld took dangerous shortcuts. Its workers and unsuspecting motorists suffered the consequences. — The armored truck full of money barreled down a two-lane road until it encountered a stopped SUV. The truck didn't brake.
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
CDC hasn't revealed information to doctors that would help coronavirus patients — (CNN)As new cases of coronavirus arise daily in the United States — including several announced over the weekend and one death — the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has failed …
New York Times:
We Represented the Whistle-Blower. The Law Needs Urgent Help. — Future whistle-blowers must be persuaded that while there are always risks, the system can protect them. — Mr. Bakaj and Mr. Zaid represented the intelligence community whistle-blower. — Whistle-blowers are needed now more than ever.
Todd Frankel / Washington Post:
Coronavirus rumors and chaos in Alabama point to big problems as U.S. seeks to contain virus — Rumor mill, lack of communication by federal officials undermines trust in plan to relocate quarantined patients — ANNISTON, Ala. — Not long before local leaders decided, in the words of one of them …
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu aide in leaked recording: ‘Hate is what unites our camp’ — Natan Eshel heard saying negative campaigning works well with ‘non-Ashkenazi’ voters and that the ‘animal’ Miri Regev is particularly effective at it — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior aide Natan Eshel said that …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Sanders defends attacks on Israel's Netanyahu
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George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump made a baseless attack on two Supreme Court justices. Here's why he did it. — President Trump is treating the judiciary the way he treats the media. But the harm created by these attacks could be far greater. — In 2016, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Trump off camera …
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
HHS Secretary Azar says new coronavirus case appears in Chicago — EXCLUSIVE: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Sunday that a new case of the coronavirus appeared in Chicago overnight, marking the latest spread of the outbreak in the United States.
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